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12, 14, 16 Hope Street, Edinburgh

A Category A Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9508 / 55°57'2"N

Longitude: -3.2087 / 3°12'31"W

OS Eastings: 324615

OS Northings: 673746

OS Grid: NT246737

Mapcode National: GBR 8KG.J9

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.PP7D

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2R+8G

Entry Name: 12, 14, 16 Hope Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 12-16 (Even Nos) Hope Street

Listing Date: 3 March 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 368334

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29094

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 12, 14, 16 Hope Street

ID on this website: 200368334

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1790. 3-storey attic and basement, 7-bay classical tenement. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings. V-jointed rustication at ground; eaves cornice. Central common stair bay slightly recessed; flanked by main door flats with round-headed doorpieces with radiating timber fanlights to inner bays. Windows at ground to right (No 16) arched. Piend-roofed dormers - bipartite to left, canted pair to right.

12-pane timber sash and case windows (multi-pane at ground to right). Ashlar coped skews; grey slates; rendered stack to S, ashlar to N.

INTERIOR: all one office; archway from hall to reception at No 16, with glazed screen to stair.

RAILINGS: spearhead cast-iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Forms important setting for Charlotte Square. The arched windows at ground were introduced in the early 20th century, and the rustication replaced to suit. A Group with Nos 2-10 (even nos) Hope Street as a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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